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Upgrading the nVidia Drivers

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 and using the defaults of /usr/local/MATLAB/R2024 etc. The license number is 41201644.
-===Upgrading the nVidia Drivers===
+===Upgrading the nVIDIA Drivers===
 In MATLAB, I ran:
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 Run MATLAB
   gpuDevice
   gpuDevice(2)
 The messages were:

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	and using the defaults of /usr/local/MATLAB/R2024 etc. The license number is 41201644.		and using the defaults of /usr/local/MATLAB/R2024 etc. The license number is 41201644.
		+
		+	===Upgrading the nVidia Drivers===
		+
		+	In MATLAB, I ran:
		+	gpuDevice
		+	Error using gpuDevice (line 26)
		+	Graphics driver is out of date. Download and install the latest graphics driver for your GPU from NVIDIA.
		+
		+	Some quick checks showed that I was using driver version 430.26 on ubuntu 18.04.02.
		+	nvidia-smi
		+	lsb_release -a
		+
		+	I couldn't quite get MATLAB to tell me what I needed:
		+	* https://www.mathworks.com/help/parallel-computing/gpu-computing-requirements.html
		+	* https://www.mathworks.com/help/parallel-computing/run-mex-functions-containing-cuda-code.html#mw_20acaa78-994d-4695-ab4b-bca1cfc3dbac
		+
		+	For MEX, I have 10.2 and need 12.2 of the CUDA toolkit:
		+	MATLAB Release CUDA Toolkit Version
		+	R2024a 12.2
		+	...
		+	R2020b 10.2
		+
		+	However:
		+	* nVidia said the latest version was https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/230357/en-us/
		+	* The repo said the highest version for 18.04 is 545: https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
		+
		+	As root:
		+	runlevel
		+	#5
		+	systemctl get-default
		+	#graphical.target
		+	systemctl set-default multi-user.target
		+	systemctl reboot
		+
		+	As ed:
		+	vncserver -kill :2
		+	Killing Xtightvnc process ID 1844
		+
		+	As root:
		+	#sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.107.02.run
		+	# The distribution-provided pre-install script failed!
		+	#cat /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
		+
		+	apt-get update
		+	apt install nvidia-driver-545
		+	systemctl set-default graphical.target
		+	systemctl reboot
		+
		+	Run MATLAB
		+	gpuDevice
		+	gpuDevice(2)
		+
		+	The messages were:
		+	apt install nvidia-driver-545
		+	The following additional packages will be installed:
		+	libnvidia-cfg1-545 libnvidia-common-545 libnvidia-compute-545 libnvidia-compute-545:i386 libnvidia-decode-545
		+	libnvidia-decode-545:i386 libnvidia-encode-545 libnvidia-encode-545:i386 libnvidia-extra-545 libnvidia-fbc1-545
		+	libnvidia-fbc1-545:i386 libnvidia-gl-545 libnvidia-gl-545:i386 nvidia-compute-utils-545 nvidia-dkms-545
		+	nvidia-firmware-545-545.29.06 nvidia-kernel-common-545 nvidia-kernel-source-545 nvidia-utils-545
		+	xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-545
		+	The following packages will be REMOVED:
		+	libnvidia-cfg1-430 libnvidia-common-430 libnvidia-compute-430 libnvidia-compute-430:i386 libnvidia-decode-430
		+	libnvidia-decode-430:i386 libnvidia-encode-430 libnvidia-encode-430:i386 libnvidia-fbc1-430 libnvidia-fbc1-430:i386
		+	libnvidia-gl-430 libnvidia-gl-430:i386 libnvidia-ifr1-430 libnvidia-ifr1-430:i386 nvidia-compute-utils-430 nvidia-dkms-430
		+	nvidia-driver-430 nvidia-kernel-common-430 nvidia-kernel-source-430 nvidia-utils-430 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-430
		+	The following NEW packages will be installed:
		+	libnvidia-cfg1-545 libnvidia-common-545 libnvidia-compute-545 libnvidia-compute-545:i386 libnvidia-decode-545
		+	libnvidia-decode-545:i386 libnvidia-encode-545 libnvidia-encode-545:i386 libnvidia-extra-545 libnvidia-fbc1-545
		+	libnvidia-fbc1-545:i386 libnvidia-gl-545 libnvidia-gl-545:i386 nvidia-compute-utils-545 nvidia-dkms-545 nvidia-driver-545
		+	nvidia-firmware-545-545.29.06 nvidia-kernel-common-545 nvidia-kernel-source-545 nvidia-utils-545
		+	xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-545
		+	0 upgraded, 21 newly installed, 21 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

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 The DevBox is currently unavailable from Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Lambda-Deep-Learning-DevBox-Preinstalled/dp/B01BCDK1KC], and at around $15k buying one is prohibitive for most people. Some firms, including Lamdba Labs [https://lambdalabs.com/deep-learning/workstations/4-gpu], Bizon-tech [https://bizon-tech.com/us/bizon-g3000], are selling variants on them, but their prices are high too and the details on their specs are limited (the MoBo and config details are missing entirely).
-But the parts cost is perhaps $4-5k now for the original spec! So this page goes through everything required to put one together and get it up and running.
+But the parts' cost is perhaps $4-5k now for a massive update to the original spec! So this page goes through everything required to put one together and get it up and running.
 ==Hardware==

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 ====Later Notes====
 I came back and changed the resolution to make it work on one of my portrait desktop monitors.
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 Exit full screen with ctrl-alt-shift-f.
 Also, try to fix the cut-and-paste issue. See, for example, https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/35030/how-can-i-copy-paste-data-to-and-from-the-windows-clipboard-to-an-opensuse-clipb
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    autocutsel -fork
    startxfce4 &
 ===RDP===

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 Exit full screen with ctrl-alt-shift-f.
-Also, try to fix the cut-and-paste issue, as root:
+Also, try to fix the cut-and-paste issue. See, for example, https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/35030/how-can-i-copy-paste-data-to-and-from-the-windows-clipboard-to-an-opensuse-clipb
   apt-get install autocutsel
+ vi ~/.vnc/xstartup
-vi ~/.vnc/xstartup
+  #!/bin/bash
- #!/bin/bash
+  xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
- xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
+  autocutsel -fork
- autocutsel -fork
+  startxfce4 &
 ===RDP===

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	Exit full screen with ctrl-alt-shift-f.		Exit full screen with ctrl-alt-shift-f.
		+
		+	Also, try to fix the cut-and-paste issue, as root:
		+	apt-get install autocutsel

	===RDP===		===RDP===

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	I came back and changed the resolution to make it work on one of my portrait desktop monitors.		I came back and changed the resolution to make it work on one of my portrait desktop monitors.
		+	See https://www.tightvnc.com/vncserver.1.php

	As root:		As root:

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	'''Ignoring the SSH tunnel worked fine: Connect to 192.168.2.202::5902 using the TightVNC (or RealVNC, etc.) client.'''		'''Ignoring the SSH tunnel worked fine: Connect to 192.168.2.202::5902 using the TightVNC (or RealVNC, etc.) client.'''
		+
		+	====Later Notes====
		+
		+	I came back and changed the resolution to make it work on one of my portrait desktop monitors.
		+
		+	As root:
		+	vi /etc/systemd/system/vncserver@.service
		+	Change line:
		+	ExecStart=/usr/bin/vncserver -depth 24 -geometry 1440x2560 :%i
		+	(Note that the size is 2160x3840 divide by 150%). Leave the color depth as it says elsewhere that changes are bad.
		+	systemctl daemon-reload
		+	systemctl enable vncserver@2.service
		+
		+	As Ed:
		+	vncserver -kill :2
		+	sudo systemctl start vncserver@2
		+	sudo systemctl status vncserver@2

	Exit full screen with ctrl-alt-shift-f.		Exit full screen with ctrl-alt-shift-f.

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	Also, create a launcher on the desktop with the same info.		Also, create a launcher on the desktop with the same info.
		+
		+	Note that when I came back to the box the launcher didn't work...
		+
		+	==== MATLAB ====
		+
		+	I installed MATLAB R2024a by downloading the zip, running
		+	sudo ./install
		+
		+	and using the defaults of /usr/local/MATLAB/R2024 etc. The license number is 41201644.